JARED THEIS

Born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 1977

EDUCATION

2001 University of Texas at San Antonio – BA in ceramic sculpture (also extensive
studies in anthropology, music, and art history; studied with Steve
Reynolds, Professor of Ceramics & Former President of NCECA)

EXHIBITIONS

2010 (scheduled) San Antonio, Texas, Remembrance: Exhibition in Memory of
Steve Reynolds
2009 d berman gallery, Austin, Texas, Jana Swec & Jared Theis
2009 d berman gallery, Austin, Texas, drawn (not quartered)
2009 South Texas College, McAllen, Texas, Polarity (solo exhibition)
2008-9 University of Texas at San Antonio, Texas, Group Exhibition
2008 Cactus Bra, Blue Star, San Antonio, Texas, Solo Drawing Show
2008 South Texas College, McAllen, Texas, Jared Theis
2007 d berman gallery, Austin, Texas, Joseph Phillips & Jared Theis
2006 Laredo Center for the Arts in Laredo, Texas, Crossing Borders
2001-5 Blue Star & Freeman Foster Gallery, San Antonio, Texas
2001 University of Texas at San Antonio, Student Show
2000 University of Texas at San Antonio, Student Show
1999 University of Texas at San Antonio, Student Show

AWARDS/HONORS

2006 Third place in the juried group exhibition Crossing Borders at the Laredo
Center for the Arts
2001 Selected to work in the Yeo Joo International Ceramic Workshop in Seoul,
South Korea
2000 Nominated for National Council for the Education of Ceramic Arts’s
Newcomer of the Year Award

RELATED EXPERIENCE

2000 – Present Studio assistant for the sculptor Catherine Lee; assists in the
fabrication of many ceramic works and the patination of
several freestanding bronze works in the Hebrides, and Sibyls series; associated extensive exhibition work in Texas, New York City, France, Italy, and Ireland

REVIEWS

2009 Nancy Moyer, The Monitor, “Surface Treatment: 'Polarity' by Jared Theis,”
26 February.
2008 Jennifer Herrera, San Antonio Current, “First Friday Preview: First Friday
Preview; Jared Theis: Sheet Music Drawings,” 30 January.
2007 Jeanne Claire van Ryzin, Austin American-Statesman, “Joseph Phillips &
Jared Theis at d berman gallery,” 3 May.
2007 Jeanne Claire van Ryzin, Austin American-Statesman, “Recommended
Arts: Joseph Phillips & Jared Theis,” 12 April.
2007 Corinna Kirsch, Might Be Good, “Joseph Phillips & Jared Theis at d
berman,”, 18 May.

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Austin Museum of Art, Austin, Texas